Star Wars rocker raises funds for Starship Hospital

Wooden X - wing rocker has sold at auction today with hundreds of dollars being donated to Starship Children's Hospital. Photo / Supplied

A wooden X-wing Stars Wars starfighter baby rocker has sold at auction today, with hundreds of dollars being donated to Starship Children's Hospital.

Steve Coupe of Steve's Wooden Toys hand-crafted the unique take on the timeless rocking horse out of pine, macrocarpa and rimu.

Complete with a removable R2-D2 co-pilot, it attracted almost 20,000 views on its Trade Me auction site.

It attracted two bids, with the winner taking it home for $955.

Mr Coupe said he needed $400 to cover his costs and fund another project, and the remainder was donated to Starship Children's Hospital.

"Like most people from my generation, I was fascinated by Star Wars as a child and used to create cardboard models when I was about 11," he said.

He has been creating wooden toys for 25 years but recently branched into "bigger pieces of art in order to create something different with charity work in mind".

"The thought of the X-wing had been in the back of my mind for a while now - and the time came to put those ideas into reality in the hope of raising funds for Starship," Mr Coupe said.

The X-wing was constructed over two months.

"All up, it took about 40 hours to fill my nostrils with galactic sawdust, locking myself away in the workshop to unwind after a busy day in the office.

"As I don't work off plans and just work off ideas in my head, I was surprised how well it turned out ... the hardest part was knowing when to stop adding more detail."